Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Campbell's CEO Sends Letter to Warhol
this is so cool, can you imagine what would happen today with all the lawyers and copyright nonsense?
Monday, August 2, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
On July 25th 1980
Back in Black is released by AC/DC. The first album I ever had on vinyl that was my very own. My Uncle Mickey gave it to me on my 10th birthday in 1980. Yes, I still own it. I loved it so much and with some dough from my Grandma from the same birthday I went to the record store and bought Highway to Hell. And then my love affair with Bon Scott began. I truly believe Back and Black is a stellar album but can't to think of what it might have been if Bon had stayed alive. Anyway here's some more on Back in Black.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
the Real Life Social Network
brilliant deck from a UX Designer at Google. If you're interested in what's happening right now and where the web is trending this is a must read for you. Thanks Paul.
RIP Harvey Pekar
forget the stupid news about a basketball player leaving Ohio. The real news, sad news is that Harvey Pekar has passed on. Brilliant writer and fellow record enthusiast, at least we have the comics.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Cut Chemist
Different than the traditional mix CD using two turntables, this exclusive offering was created live using only one turntable, a mixer, a loop pedal and all original vinyl pressings.
Friday, July 2, 2010
the Death of Touch and the Lost Joy of the Unexpected
great read FTA:
"I spent much of my youth, from the moment I could drive, rifling through the musty bins of the used record stores on Coventry Road in Cleveland looking for hidden gems (where I first heard Yo La Tengo playing while I shopped). After college, in NYC, I spent even more hours on St. Mark's rifling through even bigger bins at five or six stores along one small block - they are all gone now. After moving to San Francisco, just over a decade ago, I was introduced to Amoeba Records, a massive former bowling alley on Haight Street still filled with literally millions of pieces of music. Although it still survives, I haven't been in years. I have probably spent a few thousand hours of my life collecting music, flipping through vinyl, inspecting the grooves, breathing in the unique smells of the stores, chatting with the overeducated clerks and peering over the shoulders of the surrounding hipsters looking for tips. "
"I spent much of my youth, from the moment I could drive, rifling through the musty bins of the used record stores on Coventry Road in Cleveland looking for hidden gems (where I first heard Yo La Tengo playing while I shopped). After college, in NYC, I spent even more hours on St. Mark's rifling through even bigger bins at five or six stores along one small block - they are all gone now. After moving to San Francisco, just over a decade ago, I was introduced to Amoeba Records, a massive former bowling alley on Haight Street still filled with literally millions of pieces of music. Although it still survives, I haven't been in years. I have probably spent a few thousand hours of my life collecting music, flipping through vinyl, inspecting the grooves, breathing in the unique smells of the stores, chatting with the overeducated clerks and peering over the shoulders of the surrounding hipsters looking for tips. "
Thursday, July 1, 2010
DAIM
check this guy out. Some of the coolest 3D graf I have ever seen. More on his own personal site here.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
July New Yorker Cover
only posting for imagery and my love for Escher, not for any political comment on the gulf accident. Excellent illustration from Bob Staake ala M.C. Escher.
Monday, June 28, 2010
I LOVE the New High Life Cans
these are bloody brilliant and I bought a pack last week just because of the packaging, well and that and my love for cheap beer!
I saw a great flick last night
The King of Comedy De Niro and Scorsese in 1982. Bloody brilliant, lots of Taxi Drivers parallels.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Happy Birthday LP!
1948: Columbia Records puts the needle down on history’s first successful microgroove plastic, 12-inch, 33-1/3 LPs in New York, sparking a music-industry standard so strong that the digital age has yet to kill it.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Inforgraphic on Major Oil Spills of the Past Century
Interesting stuff and puts in to perspective the current spill in the Gulf
Thursday, June 17, 2010
I'll Be Your Love
Truly, Madly, Deeply sung by Hooligans, I fucking love this stuff. An ad from the genius that is PUMA.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ebert Reviews *cough* Sex in the City 2
Electric Boogaloo...... no, kidding. I mean Evert does review it, I'm not sure why though? I'd much rather read his take on Human Centipede but he has vowed not to review that one.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Crazy Train
Randy Rhoads......still got so much soul, yeah I know we've all heard Crazy Train ten thousand times from TV, sport events, elevator muzak etc...... but man it's clips like this that get me through the afternoon......
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
RIP Frank Frazetta
Truly a legend.
Illustrator, comic artist and book cover artist, Frank Frazetta died today at the age of 82. Through his iconic paperback covers of muscular men and half-naked women, he defined what many of us now think of as fantasy. Frank thanks for the amazing art and giving us a hero like Conan. You will be missed.
Illustrator, comic artist and book cover artist, Frank Frazetta died today at the age of 82. Through his iconic paperback covers of muscular men and half-naked women, he defined what many of us now think of as fantasy. Frank thanks for the amazing art and giving us a hero like Conan. You will be missed.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Fantastic Interview with Jerry Casale of DEVO
really stop what you are doing and read this.
Going back to your early days. You were present at the Kent State shootings in 1970. How did that day affect you?
Jerry Casale: Whatever I would say, would probably not all touch upon the significance or gravity of the situation at this point of time? It may sound trite or glib. All I can tell you is that it completely and utterly changed my life. I was white hippie boy and than I saw exit wounds from M1 rifles out of the backs of two people I knew. Two of the four people who were killed, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause, were my friends. We were all running our asses off from these motherf&*$#ers. It was total utter bullshit. Live ammunition and gasmasks – none of us knew, none of us could have imagined. They shot into a crowd that was running. I sopped being a hippie and I started to develop the idea of devolution. I got real, real pissed off.
Going back to your early days. You were present at the Kent State shootings in 1970. How did that day affect you?
Jerry Casale: Whatever I would say, would probably not all touch upon the significance or gravity of the situation at this point of time? It may sound trite or glib. All I can tell you is that it completely and utterly changed my life. I was white hippie boy and than I saw exit wounds from M1 rifles out of the backs of two people I knew. Two of the four people who were killed, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause, were my friends. We were all running our asses off from these motherf&*$#ers. It was total utter bullshit. Live ammunition and gasmasks – none of us knew, none of us could have imagined. They shot into a crowd that was running. I sopped being a hippie and I started to develop the idea of devolution. I got real, real pissed off.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Make It Rain
no, no not Fat Joe and Lil' Wayne..... it's Tom Waits with Russell Simmons and Judah Bauer from the Blues Explosion.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Flying Lotus
In case you can't wait until next week to get this on vinyl - you can hear the whole album now - here.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
new MIA track
no, I'm not posting the video - but if wanna listen - here you go She is heavily sampling the classic Suicide song "Ghost Rider"
Chris Ware's Fortune Cover
rejected by Fortune because of the gags he threw in, click on it to see it larger
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wheel of Fortune Disasters
I like Wheel of Fortune, I really do. I enjoy guessing the words with my kids when we get to watch together. I also like to see what the "normal" people wear on the show, and of course I like it when the contestants guess something funny and wrong. Here is a grips of Wheel clips gone wrong.....
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Dead Wax
Matrix Messages, I always look at these on my records. Little messages scrawled in the dead wax next to the paper label on vinyl records. This site has complied a few, I'll have to send him some.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Jason Selling Some of His Records
relates to the post below.....
A good friend of mine Jason Heller with whom I have DJ-ed countless times with is selling some of his vinyl, here's a link to his wax. Just don't bid on the Eno record!
A good friend of mine Jason Heller with whom I have DJ-ed countless times with is selling some of his vinyl, here's a link to his wax. Just don't bid on the Eno record!
the Vinyl Sickness
Living Proof blog has quite a literate study on what goes on at/in Record Fairs - worth a read if your a goof like me. FTA:
"Marked prices for used records depend on a number of easily definable qualities: the quality of the record itself, the quality of the record sleeve, the relative scarcity of the record, the release history of the record (that is, if it was ever discontinued, how many times it’s been repressed, what record labels have issued the record, etc.), and any extraneous anomalies—if the record is a promotional copy, signed, or accompanied by some other relevant memorabilia, then the price will be higher."
"Marked prices for used records depend on a number of easily definable qualities: the quality of the record itself, the quality of the record sleeve, the relative scarcity of the record, the release history of the record (that is, if it was ever discontinued, how many times it’s been repressed, what record labels have issued the record, etc.), and any extraneous anomalies—if the record is a promotional copy, signed, or accompanied by some other relevant memorabilia, then the price will be higher."
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Hit the Lights
first recording of Metallica, pre Cliff Burton and still with Mustaine on guitar, Hetfield hasn't even learned to play yet so he's on the mic sans guitar.
Bricks and Mortar!
"Reflecting shell-shocked dreams....." ahem, check these killer old buildings with fading hand painted ads. Oh, and I totally got this at Coudal.
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